diff --git a/config/sources/families/include/rockchip64_common.inc b/config/sources/families/include/rockchip64_common.inc
index 9935fb8ed1..f92133ab51 100644
--- a/config/sources/families/include/rockchip64_common.inc
+++ b/config/sources/families/include/rockchip64_common.inc
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ RKBIN_DIR="$SRC/cache/sources/rkbin-tools"
 BOOT_SOC=${BOOT_SOC:=$(expr $BOOTCONFIG : '.*\(rk[[:digit:]]\+.*\)_.*' || true)}
 
 if [[ "a${BOOT_SOC}a" == "aa" ]]; then
-	display_alert "Could not determine BOOT_SOC from BOOTCONFIG" "BOOTCONFIG: '${BOOTCONFIG}'" "warning"
+	if [[ "${BOOTCONFIG}" != "" && "${BOOTCONFIG}" != " none" ]]; then # only warn if BOOTCONFIG set and not 'none'
+		display_alert "Could not determine BOOT_SOC from BOOTCONFIG" "BOOTCONFIG: '${BOOTCONFIG}'" "warning"
+	fi
 else
 	display_alert "Determined BOOT_SOC from BOOTCONFIG" "BOOT_SOC: '${BOOT_SOC}'; BOOTCONFIG: '${BOOTCONFIG}'" "info"
 fi